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chipped

VERB

knock a piece out of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chop crack hack nick splinter whack

STRONG

break chisel clip crumble damage flake fragment gash hackle hew incise notch shape shear slash slice sliver snick snip split whittle

WEAK

crack off cut away cut off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fix mend

STRONG

build combine increase join put together

Example Sentences

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Some in Los Angeles viewed his candidacy as a joke, but he chipped away at Bass’s lead in most polls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Each time I chipped away at my football-induced telecom debt, I felt a numbing angst that it was as if the World Cup had never happened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Even The Atlantic chipped in, calling it a dangerous precedent.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

Fulleffort was scratched Thursday because of a chipped bone in his left hind ankle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

In my eagerness to please, I accidentally complimented chipped baseboards and sacks of laundry waiting to be taken to the cleaners.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris